Dirty Kazoo Overdrive

Yet another Tube Screamer, true. But oh my, what a nice take on it.

Plenty of gain on tap, and lots of tone in and around your normal Tube Screamer territory. Where this box stands apart is the extra 'Glass' control which boosts your treble without cutting bass response. Twiddling this in conjunction with the Tone control gives you a ton of sonic possibilities.

Can be used with anything up to 18V DC supply if you want to increase the headroom avaialble, but our humble opinion is this works best as dirt rather than boost. Whatever floats your particular boat.

The kit is supplied with vertical-mount pots which have round shafts, so you'll need set-screw fitting knobs.

If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page.

Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots.

Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED.

Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and will not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

Builds are only available with full kits including enclosure and vertical-mount pots. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: Kalamazoo

Difficulty: Medium

PCB size: 50 x 35mm

Knobs required: 4

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct-Connect compatible (4-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF